Police investigate Chelsea bus missile incident

The Metropolitan police are investigating the hurling of a missile at Chelsea's team coach as it approached Upton Park before Wednesday night's Premiership fixture against West Ham United. The object - not believed to be a brick, as was initially suggested - shattered the outer layer of glass on one of the coach windows. The Football Association will not be looking into the incident because it occurred outside Upton Park but police confirmed last night that they were pursuing the case.

The Chelsea coach was travelling along Barking Road more than 90 minutes before the 8pm kick-off when the object was thrown despite the presence of a police escort. The Stamford Bridge club later confirmed that none of the players or staff on board had been hurt during the incident, the like of which is rarely seen in Britain. West Ham say they will cooperate fully with any police inquiries but, with no CCTV footage available, an arrest for criminal damage seems unlikely.

Meanwhile, Chelsea are "very disappointed" at the FA's decision to allocate them only 25,000 FA Cup final tickets for next month's Wembley showpiece, saying that "many of our regular fans will now miss out". Manchester United have received the same allocation, with the remaining 40,000 tickets made available for neutrals. The FA defended its decision, insisting that the Cup final "belongs to the whole country as well as the two competing teams and their supporters".

Arjen Robben's father and agent, Hans Robben, has claimed that his son would be interested in joining "six or seven clubs", including Bayern Munich, if he left Stamford Bridge. Hans Robben insisted that his son was "not thinking about leaving Chelsea", with the midfielder's contract running until 2009, but also told Kicker magazine in Germany that "I think that he is a player for Bayern Munich because he would have a lot of opportunities to play well in German football."

Robben's team-mate Frank Lampard believes Chelsea's squad are in the best possible shape for the run-in as they maintain their pursuit of the league leaders, Manchester United. "Our injuries have been well documented this season but now we have got pretty much everyone fit," said Lampard. "We have got people who can come in - that is a strength of ours, hopefully.

"It's not easy when you are in and out of the team but when players are playing - [Shaun] Wright-Phillips, John [Obi] Mikel, [Salomon Kalou] - they are really showing their quality."